The following guys are available:
Kiki Hernandez (2B, 3B, SS, CF)
Longoria
Moreland
Teoscar Hernandez
Miley
Estrada
Peralta (SP saves)
Moronta
Ziegler
Greene (saves)
Bedrosian
Lester is available if I get a deal I like, but otherwise I'll hold onto him and let him rebuild value.
Willing to take back injured guys. Mainly looking for prospects or projectable young players who haven't established themselves yet, any position.
I'd like to upgrade at catcher for next year, so if you have a good one available let me know what it would cost.
Since I'm missing the playoffs this year, Gomes, Oh, Fry, Peralta, and possibly McHugh are available. I'll listen on Borucki.
Somewhere between 6 and 9 fWAR, depending on how bad his defense is. He could certainly end up blowing it out of the water though, and no one would be surprised.
How about Omar Vizquel as a manager option?
Eventually I think our manager will be Martin. You just know it's gonna happen. Well liked, speaks English and French, intelligent.
Batters this year vs Giles fastball: .393 average, 186 wRC+
Batters this year vs Giles slider: .179 average, 57 wRC+
He chose right, Betts is just insane.
A note at the top of Yahoo says the default trade deadline is 11:59 PT August 12th, unless it was changed by the league (regarding the email BTS sent).
This is a really interesting article on Verlander. Probably the best thing I've ever seen published on Bleacher Report, not that that's a very high bar.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2790162-the-road-that-brought-justin-verlander-back?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=referral
Looking for two managers for the BBDL as well. Anyone who is interested, please let us know. Trade deadline is Sunday, so you'd have a chance to tailor your team a little.
I agree with you on the confrontational aspect, although it feels like that hasn't been nearly as bad this year as it was the past few (and is really limited to a handful of umps). The strike zone has gotten dramatically better since pitchfx, although there's obviously still room for improvement. Other types of calls are probably the same as they've always been.